Monday, May 8, 7pm, this event will be occurring via “|Facebook Live”

Join Childcare Changemakers, partners of Community Change Action, and national allies for our second annual “Day Without Childcare Virtual Celebration.” On May 8, from 7pm to 8:30pm, we will hear from childcare providers and parents across the country who took action on “Day Without Childcare” and the work to build a just and equitable childcare system. Register now, to get updates from participants of in-person actions and to participate in a dialogue about the future of our childcare movement.

This event will be occurring via “Facebook Live.”

RSVP for this event by clicking “Going” on this “Facebook event” page [that has a “Watch live video” link that is not currently active].

Hosted by Ohio Organizing Collaborative and Childcare Changemakers.

ALBANY, NY (May 5, 2023) - The Museum of Political Corruption proudly announces that Anna Wolfe, Investigative Reporter for Mississippi Today has been named the 2023 winner of Museum’s Nellie Bly Award for Investigative Reporting. Anna Wolfe’s tenacious reporting has resulted in her exposing the biggest case of fraud in Mississippi government history.

The case involved Mississippi state officials’ mishandling of millions in federal funds intended to assist struggling families. Those involved have pleaded guilty and investigations by the FBI and U.S. Attorney’s Office are ongoing.

“I started reporting on Mississippi’s welfare system with a simple but often overlooked question: What is the poorest, yet most federally funded state in the nation doing to solve poverty? Who knew getting the answer would require the very kind of innovative, dogged and brave reporting that Nellie Bly championed. I’m certainly honored to receive this award in her name,” offered Wolfe.

Wolfe is the 7 th annual recipient of the award. Previous “Nellie” winners include Jerry Mitchell, Alex Gibney, Jane Mayer, Megan Twohey, Jodi Kantor, Jim Heaney, and Susanne Craig.

A succession of events starting in Barcelona, Spain, in February, and followed in Liège, Belgium, and Oslo, Norway, in April sent a strong message to Israel: The Palestinian Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement (BDS) is alive and well. 

 In Barcelona, the city's Mayor canceled a twinning agreement with the Israeli city of Tel Aviv. The decision was not an impulsive one, although Ada Colau is well-known for her principled positions on many issues. It was, however, an outcome of a fully democratic process, initiated by a proposal submitted by left-wing parties at the city council. 

One week ago, I was physically assaulted in a public place, prior to a press event, by a high-ranking City of Columbus official. But, because I do not know the man’s date of birth, I was not allowed to file charges.

This happened on the morning of April 28, at the Columbus Police Training Academy, where I went to attend what I thought was a public event. 

Department of Neighborhoods Director Carla Scott Williams greeted me as I took a seat. Within a minute, a man wearing a blue sports jacket approached me and said, “Mr. Motil, could you please step outside for a moment.” 

I followed, and as we stepped outside the doors of conference Room 104 and he told me, “You are not allowed to be in there. This is a press event, and you do not have press credentials.”

I argued that I was in a public place for a public event. He disagreed, took me by the arm and pulled me farther away from the closed doors of the meeting room. An officer who arrived shortly afterward agreed with the man in the sport jacket that I was not permitted to re-enter. Asking the man twice to identify himself I was told, “Glenn McEntyre.”